Sublime

out of raw self-interest; the racist policies necessitate racist ideas to justify them—lingers over the life of racism.

“Racial discrimination” is an immediate and visible manifestation of an underlying racial policy.

There is no in-between safe space of “not racist.” The claim of “not racist” neutrality is a mask for racism.

Racial-group behavior is a figment of the racist’s imagination. Individual behaviors can shape the success of individuals. But policies determine the success of groups.

As an anthropologist, she knew all too well that unspoken codes of culture serve those in power. Bourdieu calls what isn’t said—what is socially silent—“doxa.”

“Good observers look for doxa,” Gillian explained. “What isn’t said and what is hidden in plain sight. It is a kind of chip in your brain or X-ray vision that you get when you look at the fam

Those who choose to continue to see a person as a single monolithic entity held to high standards of coherence will only ever be responding to a fraction of the World of a person.

When someone discriminates against a person in a racial group, they are carrying out a policy or taking advantage of the lack of a protective policy.